CAP. 140]
13 of 1935.
39 of 1936.
19 of 1948.
22 of 1950.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Public Health (Food).
CHAPTER 140.
PUBLIC HEALTH (FOOD).
To make better provision for the maintenance of public health in relation to food.
1.
[1st January, 1936.]
This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health (Food) Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance-
19 of 1948, s. 2. "bake-house" means any premises on which bread, biscuits or confectionery are baked for sale as food for man and includes any premises on which such food is prepared for baking or on which the materials for the preparation of such food are stored;
"cafe" means a building or portion thereof used for the sale of light refreshments only and where no food is cooked on the premises;
"Council" means the Urban Council, unless some other Council is indicated;
"dairy" includes any farm, cowshed, milk store, or other place from which milk is supplied on, or for, sale or in which milk is kept or used for purposes of sale or manufacture into butter, cheese, dried milk or condensed milk for sale, and, in the case of a purveyor of milk who does not occupy any premises for the sale of milk, includes the place where he keeps the vessels used by him for the sale of milk, but does not include a shop from which milk is supplied only in the properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it was delivered to the shop, or a shop or other place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only;
"dairyman" includes any keeper of cows or buffaloes for the purpose of trade in milk, any purveyor of milk, any occupier of a dairy, or any occupier of a milk shop, and in cases where a dairy or milk shop is owned by a corporation or company includes the secretary or other person actually managing such dairy or milk shop;
"food" means any article used as food or drink for human consumption other than drugs or water, and includes—
(a) any substance which is intended for use in the composition or preparation of food;
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